March 20, 2017

On Thursday, May 25th, SACE will be hosting its annual fundraising and awareness gala at the Shaw Conference Centre. The evening will include musical entertainment, plated dinner, special guests, as well as silent and live auctions. The theme of this year’s event is “The Art of Healing”. Art therapy is one of the many therapeutic trauma modalities utilized by the 14 trauma therapists at SACE.

This year, we are proud to announce that Jillian Marino, a survivor of a horrific act of sexual violence, will be our guest speaker. Jillian, now the Principal at JD Bracco Junior High School, has shared her story as a keynote speaker with Victim’s Services volunteers, Conferences for Crown Prosecutors, Violence against Women Events, and for the Edmonton Police Service over the years. Her very impactful end empowering presentation will be one of hope, strength, and victory in the healing journey after trauma.

As difficult as it is to understand, statistics consistently indicate that, in Canada, 1 in 3 women and at least 1 in 6 men will experience sexual violence before the age of 18. Since 1975, SACE has been providing professional, essential services and support to survivors ages 3 and up of all genders. These services include individual and group counselling, extensive, age and audience-specific public education programs, diversity outreach and support to marginalized communities, court support, as well as a 24-Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Line. We are the only agency in the City of Edmonton to provide this range of services to the community at no fee. All proceeds from the We Believe Benefit will be directed towards services and support for our clients and our community.

With statistics as high as they are, and whether we realize it or not, we all know someone who has been affected by this crime. Please help us support the many survivors in our community on their healing journey by making a contribution to our event through sponsorship, donating to our silent auction, and most importantly through your attendance!

Listen. Believe. Support. We can all do something. Please know that your “something” will make a difference.

How do you visualize love and healing? Is it a serene morning landscape? An abstract painting that lets the mind wander to a safe space? Or maybe an energizing spray of flowers in the colours of a sunset?

The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE) believes in that vision. We believe in our community. We believe that people can heal. Most of all, we believe in a world free of sexualized violence. To celebrate this vision and our upcoming gala, We Believe: The Art of Healing, we would like to invite you to enter our Picture Love art contest. From March 20, 2017 to May 15, 2017, SACE will be accepting images of family friendly art and photography.

Winners will be picked by random draw and announced through our social media platforms. They will also have the option of having their art sold at the silent auction at the upcoming gala.

Prizes for the top three positions are as follows:

1st Place: 2 tickets to the We Believe benefit gala and a $100 gift card to an art store

2nd Place: $100 gift card to an art store

3rd Place: $50 gift card to an art store

Rules and Requirements:

The Picture Love Art Contest is an all ages art and photography contest.

Artists must be from Edmonton or the Greater Edmonton area.

Submitted work must be family friendly and adhere to the themes of the Picture Love art contest (love, healing and community).

The work must be original. You must be the creator of the artwork and the submitted image file you or your approved representative sends to our contest. SACE is not responsible for any infringement on copyrighted materials for submitted work.

Artists retain all copyright to their work.

By entering into this contest, you are granting SACE a non-exclusive perpetual license to reproduce images of your artwork on the SACE website, social media accounts, and in promotion of future campaigns. Work used by SACE will include credits to the artist.

Entrants have until 12 a.m. on May 15, 2017 to submit their artwork.

The Entry Process

Your images must be submitted as JPEG files at a minimum resolution of 300 DPI.

We would like to thank CTV Edmonton for once again being our official media sponsor for our annual Valentine’s themed fundraising and awareness event, now called We Believe: A benefit for SACE.

Thank you CTV Edmonton for partnering with us to help shift the climate of silence and shame that surrounds the issue of sexual abuse and assault to one of hope, healing and support. By demonstrating your commitment to standing up against this crime which affects so many, and to honouring the strength and resiliency of survivors, you are showing the Edmonton community your willingness to get in front of an issue that has for too long been shrouded in secrecy, blame, and guilt.

We would like to thank Servus Credit Union for once again being the Title Sponsor for our annual Valentine’s themed fundraising and awareness event, now called “We Believe: A benefit for SACE”.

Thank you Servus Credit Union, for partnering with us to help shift the climate of silence and shame that surrounds the issue of sexual abuse and assault to one of hope, healing and support. By demonstrating your commitment to standing up against this crime which affects so many, and to honouring the strength and resiliency of survivors, you are showing the Edmonton community your willingness to get in front of an issue that has for too long been shrouded in secrecy, blame, and guilt.

January 21, 2015

A huge thank you to our sponsors for our upcoming fundraising gala, It Takes Two! We are so grateful for the support of our community, and happy to announce that we have sold out the event! Tickets may become available as the date approaches, so please add yourself to the Eventbrite waitlist to be notified if and when this happens. We can’t wait to see you all at the event!

August 4, 2010

****Please note: we are having email problems at SACE, so some people have had trouble submitting to the address below. Please send (or re-send) your submissions to sharma.pragya@yahoo.com so that we can be sure we get them! Thanks.****

We are currently seeking submissions for our zine (a small circulation publication) on the topic of violence against women. Examples of submissions include:

Essays

Articles

Opinion Pieces

Poetry

Short Stories

Illustrations

Personal Stories

Any creative work that can be photocopied!

Take Back the Night is a march and rally to address violence against women. All people, regardless of age, gender, ability, grammar, etc., are encouraged to submit. Submissions will be compiled into the zine, which will be distributed at Take Back the Night on September 24, 2010.

Submissions may be dropped off at the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (#205, 14964 – 121A Avenue) or emailed to pragyas@sace.ab.ca. Please contact Pragya by email or by phone at 780-423-4102 for more information.